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narran stratus restaurar GEORGE LISPENARD, OIF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR TG SOLMON LICHTIEIJSTEIN,

TRUSTEE, F NEW YORK, N. '"I.

COTTON-HR`VESTER Specification of Letters Patent.

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aipiatma;meer'Decanter- 20, 19o?. serial no. 407,323.

To all who/1n 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnouen Lieberman, a

citizen of the United States, and' a residentA ot' the borough of Brooklyn, city of New4 York, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton- Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

4 My improvements relate to harvesters for picking cotton, and they relate to a machine of the general character shown in 'Letters Patent issued to me on the 28th day of February, 1905, and numbered 783,792,'and also in my copending application tiled'the 11th day of September, 1906, Ser. No. 234,092.

The object of the invention shown and I described in this case is to improve upon the invention set forthV in said patent and said application, which object is accomplished by providing a longer run for the pickers While engaged in extracting the cotton trom the bolls and also in providing the pickers with a suitable mounting so that they may be adjusted to correspond to the cotton on which they are operating, and in otherdetails, as -Will appear below.

. For a more particular description of my invention, reference is to be had to the aocompanying drawings, forming a part hereof in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a machine provided Wit-h my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. F ig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. ft is a detail of construction. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation. Fig. 6 is a plan view, partially in section, of the pickers and their mounting. Fig. Tis a side elevation,

partially in section, of the same, the pickers being omitted. k8 is an enlarged sectional View, partially broken away, of the structure 'shown in Fig. 7, but taken on a di'erent line. Fig. .9 is a seetiorurl` view taken on"the line tlf-9 oi; Fi'g.f2,'loolsing in the direction. of the arrows. Fig.. 10 is an end yieW/of .one the pickers'.` Figs. 11

Y andl12`are aiside elevation and a sectional Aof the arrows. Fig. 16 is a longitudinal section of the picker shown in Fig. 10 and shows also a part of the support for the same.

Throughout the various views of drawings, similar reference characters ignate similar parts.

My improved harvester 1 has a longitudinal frame 2 carried high above the steering Wheels 3 and the driving Wheels 4 by suitable braces and supports 5 and 6 respectively. The Wheels 3 are mounted similarly tothe front wheels of bicycles and are provided with forks Y, each oit' which straddles a wheel 3, Whi'chis held therein by a suitable axle 8, in any conventional form or the des 4convenient way, and extending upwardly from the fork 7 is a 'vertically disposed shaft 9 suitably journaled in a block 10 to which the lower ends of the braces 5 are attached and at its upper end, it is jonrnaled in a block 11 fixed to the tra-me 2 in any suitable manner.

"Each of the shafts 9 has a forwardly catending arm 12, and these arms 12 are united by a. link 13. rlhese arms 12 are fixed 'to their respective shafts 9 so that the angular movement of one is always identical with the angular movement of the other. One ot the shafts 9 is extended upwardly above the link 12 and a sprocket Wheel 14 is fixed thereon, which sprocket wheel 1e is driven by a chain 15 that runs to a second sprocket Wheel 16 iixed to the hollov; shaft 17 of the steering wheel 18, which shaft is suitably supported from the frame 2 by a brace 19 at its upper end and a block 20 at its lower end. From this it is apparent that by turning the Wheel 18, the harvester may be steered about the same as an ordinary automobile.

The harvester is driven by 'any suitable means, but preferably by an ordinary hydrocarbon engine 21 which may-'be in any suitable form, such as is used in an automobile, and this engine is provided with the usual ily-Wheel 22 on its crank shaft 23. This crank shaft 23 has a gear 24 Which drives the gear 25 on the cam shaft as is customary in these hydro-carbon motors. The shaft 23 also has a journal block or pillar 26 supported from the frame 2l by any suitable means and between this journal block 2G and the engine 21 is mounted 'a sprocket wheel 27 which is fixed to the sha-ft 23 and revolves With'vit. A chain is carried by itssproeket l though the' picker frame 52 be raised or wheel 27, which chain 28 passes over another sprocket wheel 29, which is fixedly mounted on the main shaft 3'() of the harvester, which shaft 30 is `iournaled at cach end in any suitable bearing block 3l fixed tothe top of the frame 2. The sprocket wheel 29 is preferably larger than the sprocket wheel 27 so that this will cause the main shaft 30 to revolve with a muchE smaller angular velocity than the crank shaft 23. The shafts 23 and 30 are parallel and run transversely of the machine.

On the main drivmg shaft 30 are mounted a number of sprockets (see Fig. 9) which are loosely mounted and these sprockets are numbered 32, 33 and 34, respectively. Each of these Asprocketjvheels is provided with integral crown-teeth at one side which are adapted to engage similar teeth on a collar 35. As these collars are all identical, a description of one will answer for all. Each of these collars is mounted on the shaft 30, with a key and slot connection so that it can slide for a short distance in the direction of the axis of the shaft 30 but partakes of all its angular movements, and the exterior surfaces of these collars 35 are each provided with an annular groove adapted to receive an inwardly extending lug 36. These lugs 36 are iixedly held on the levers 37, 38 and 39, respectively, so that by oscillating these levers a slight distance in the vertical plane of the axis of the shaft 30, the collars may be thrown over into or out of engagement withthe respec tive crown teeth on the sprocket wheels, the lever 37 controlling the sprocket wheel 32, the lever 38, the sprocket wheel 33, and the lever 39, sprocket wheel 3K1-, each bearing block being controlled by its respective lever so that it may be thrown either into or out of lixed'relation with the shaft 30, as desired. The sprocket wheels 33 and 3st are also provided with collars 40 and 41, on each of which are mounted parallel links 42 and 43, respectively, so that these parallel links have an annular movement above the axis of the shaft 30. At their free ends, these links 42 and 43 are united by an axle 44 on which are mounted two fixedly connected sprockets 45 and 46, respectively, the sprocket l5 being driven by sprocket chain 47, which sprocket 47 is driven by the sprocket wheel 33, and the sprocket wheel 4:5' drives the chain 4S which passes aroundV a sprocket wheel 49 on a shaft 50 which has bearings 5l in the picker frame 52 and also in the parallel links 53 and 54 between which the chain @t8 runs and which connect the axle #Il with the shaft 50. These links 4Q, 13, 5l and 55, together with the sprocket chains and sprocket wheels which rest between them, allow power to be transmitted' from the shaft 30 to the shaft 50 even rear of the frame and nearly over the axles of the wheels 4. Fixed collars 60 are mounted also on this shaft 58 and coil springs 6l are placed thereon and have one end bearu ing against the said collars 60 and the other ends move againstcrown collars 62 mounted in all respects the same as the collars 35 and for a similar purpose. These collars 62 have an annular groove, not. shown, identical with that shown on the collars 35 and these grooves are engaged by lugs on the levers 63 and 64 respectively. The lever 63 is fnlcruxned at 65, which fulcruni issupported rigidly on the frame 2 and this lever is connected by an arm 68 fixed to a shaft 69 journaled in bearings 70'fixed to one of the longitudinal sills of the frame Q. A second arm 7l is also fixed to the shaft 69 and is pivotally connected with an upright rod on which is a pedal 73.

The lever 64 is fulcrumed at 67 and at its outer end is pivotally connected to a link 66 which is also pivotally connected at its other end to an arm 74 on a shaft 75 journaled in the block 70 and parallel to the shaft- 69. Another arm 76 is iixed on the shaft near the arm 71 on the shaft 69, and this arm 76 is connected with a vertically disposed rod 77 which supports a pedal 78 at its upper extremity. Beneath the pedal and surrounding the rod 77 is a coil spring 79 which restsagainst the flooring 80 beneath the seat 81. By depressing the pedals 73 and 73, respectively, the levers G3 and 64 are thrown so as to release the crown collars G2 from smaller collars on the sprocket wheels 82 and against the tension of the spring'fl and its sprocket 82.

The sprocket wheels 82 are mounted loosely on the shaft 58 and adapted to be engaged by the collars 62 exactly as the collars 35, above described, and engage the respective sprockets with which they are connected.

Sprocket chains 83 are driven by the wheels 82 and these chains 83 mesh with the sprocket wheels St'fixed .to the spokes of the wheels 4.

Idle wheels 85 mountedin any suitable way on the support 6 crowd the-upper runs of the chain 83 together and keep thispart of the chain out of the way at allftimes. From this it is apparent that under the action ofthe springs 6l, the main 4shaft 30 apaise@ yWheels revolve faster than the othei, this can be accomplished by4 pressing on brie o? the pedals 73 or' 78, either as may be desired.. 1t the machine is to be stopped sud .parts of the machine.

1'denly, the two pedals 73 and 78 may be depressed simultaneously and then the ma chine may be stopped instant y.

Suspended from the longitudinal sills of the frame 2 are vertically disposed rods 86 which are in substantially 'the position iridicated in Fig` 1 with regard to the other preferably circular in cross-section, although they maybe given any desired shape, andare perforated in a number of places, as shown at 87. ThroughA one ot these perfort tions in each rod is passed a' pin 88 and oh thi" pin 88 rests a collar l89 which in turn supports one end of a coil spring 90 mounted on rod 80, and the upper end of each of these coil springs 90 supports the transverse channel bars 91 of the adjustable'trame 52. These channel bars 91 are provided with suitable perforations throughwhich the rods 8'6@ are passed. Suspended `from the channel irons 91 are rods 92 which pass through horizontally disposed iianges 93 of the Z- irons 94 which supportl the tiooring 95 oi the adjustable frames.V The rods 92 are preferably made in the form of bolts, as shown in Fig. 9, so as to permit of proper adjustment. The channel irons 91 are also provided with suitable brackets 96 to which are secured a second set of channel irons 97 and 98, 97 being` at thefronto-` the adjustable frame and 98 at the rear. The guards 99 and the arts held in iixed relation thereto are supported by Ybrackets 100 and 101 and the rear channel iron 98 respectively. The channel irons 91 also have vertically disposed bars 102 fixed to their horizontal webs and to the lower side thereof, which bars 102 ext-end clear to the flooring 95 and-'help to support the same. The bars 102 are lunited by their horizontally/ disposed and parallel bars 103 and 104, respectively, at the ends of which are yournaled the vertically disposed shafts 105 and 106 respectively, which shafts pass through ,the front channel bar 97 and the rear chan nel bar 98, respectively,V and are journaled therein as will more particularly appear below. f

The parallel rods or bars 103 and 101 are united near their centers by a vertically disposed bar 107 which at its upper en(L united by bolts 108 to a rack. har 109 which has teeth 110 which mesh with correspondingteeth on the pinion 111 ixedly mounted on the shaft 112, which shaft 112 has a bevel gear 113 and meshes with corresponding These rods S6 arebevel gear 11e on a shaft 115` at the upper end of which is a hand Wheel 116, the shaft 1 115 beingwithin the shaft 17 and journaled in the block 20 at its lower end. '111: shaft 112 is journaled in suitable block 117 fixed on thel frati e 2`and preferably mounted on a transversely disposed channel beam 118 which runs under the lower edges of the longitudinal sills ot the frame 2 and is pret erably secured thereto. @ne end of the shaft 112 projects through. one of the longi tudinal sills of the frame 2 and to .the exterior thereof through a plate xedly mount ed on said sill and the end of this shaft 112 has a notched Wheel 120 ixed on said shaft (see Fig. f1) and this Wheel 120 is connected by a pawl 121 ixed to a bar 122 pivoted at one end by a pivot 123 to the side frame 2 .and its other end passes. through a small see .tionv124f of a channel iron, which section 12e 1s xed to the trame 2. rlfhe upper end of the rod 122 terminates in a pedal 125. f1 spring 126 is secured at its upper end to the rod*4 122 and rests against the upper and hor zontally disposed web of the channel iron 124 and its lower end rests against the lower' and horizontally disposed Web ot' the said .channel iron 124 so that when the pedal 125 is depressed, the spring 120 is put under compression and then the pawl 121 is Withthat if the springs 90 are not strong enough :to have their tension more than oven balance the Weight of the movable Ytraine 52 more power Will be required at the Wheel 116 to litt than depress said movable trarne. '52.

The exact variation of the tension oi the springs .0 is immaterial,provided it is not so great as to overpower the operator at the Wheel 110g Compensation can always be made for excessive strength or Weakness of the springs 90 by 1nerely\shifting the pins 88 in the holes 87 to corespond for any strength or Weakness thldt may develop. From this it is apparent that the counterbalancing springs 90 can always be placed under approximately correct tension and the movable trame 52, with its attendant parts can always be adjusted so as to compensate for theditl'erent levels at which the cotton bells may grow on the plants and this ad- .justu ent may be made at any time While the machine is not in `use by merely pressing on the pedal and therely releasing the pawl 121 and then turning' the handle 110. lfvrhen the pickers are in the correct position.,

they pressure of the treadle 125 is relieved and then the pawl 121 will lock the notched wheel 120 so as to prevent all rotation thereof until the operator sees fit to again re-adjust the position of this movable frame The upper ends of the shafts carry bevel gears 105a which mesh with similar gears 50 on the shaft 50 and through these the pickers and picker belts are driven. The shafts 105 and 10G are journaled in any suitable bearings. The bars 102 and 107 are also provided with bolt slots 127 which are so arranged as to take and permit the same to be inserted and then moved along the slot and held at any point between the endsof the slots. These slots 127 run parallel to the axis of the respective bars.4 -These slots 127 carry bolts 128 in which are mounted ZTangle metal bars 129 and 130 'respectively the bars 129 being provided with teeth, and the bars 130 being made smooth for reasons which will appear below.

0n the forward run of the pickers which is outside the plane of the axes 105 and 106, the teeth extend upwardly and are below the pinions with which they mesh, and on the inside run the reverse is the case. In other words, while the pickers are drawing the cotton from the bolls, theyI are rotated by rack bars which have teeth extendin downwardly and on the forward run of the pickers, when they lare discharging the cotton after being picked, the pickers are rotated by teeth which extend upwardly, and so rotate in the opposite direction.

B making the Z-bars and mounting them as siowu, the gears of the pickers are-protected from lint and dirt while the machine is in operation.

and next the Washer 143, and sandwiched in between it and the bushing 138, '1s a pinion 144. A cylinder 145 rests on the lock nut 139 and rotates freely therein and also rests on the cup 141 to which it is xed Vb 70 means of a spring 146 which passes throng perforations in the walls of said cup' and into said cylinder 145 thereby locking it to the spindle so that the cy inder 145 and the spindle 140 have no relative movement 75 to each other but always have the same angular movement. The cylinder has its outer end slightly crimped to form a shoulder 147 and against this shoulder is a slit-tedv wheel 148, this wheel being lheld true on the 80 cylinder -145 by a bushing 149. The slitted wheel 148 and the bushing 149 being repeated at intervals as shown in` Fig. 16, and as often as desire The pinions 144 mesh with the rack-bars 129 and rub against the 3 5 mes with the chains .133 and 134 'respectively, the ob'ect of 'this being to cause the run of the belts while operating on the .cotton plants .to move fora time parallel to are provided with sprocket wheels 150 which 90 4 each other and after this arallel movement. 95 I to diverge-as shown'inv bars 129 andthe guides 130 are'also mount` 'ed as shown'in said figureso as tocorre` i 'spond to the inside run offthe belts. ,lhe i. sprocket wheels are so-proportloned that vthe 100 machine moves forward .with substantially the same 4velocity as the picking belts. move rearwardly on theirginner ,runs and/while ig.` 6. The Tack the pickers are activel engaged in picki1` cotton sol that the pieer beltstercer- .parallgA ,195

The shafts 105 and 106 are each provided while the pickersaremakin aboutseven'or',

with suitable sprocket wheels, upper and lower,A 131 and 132,Y respectively, which sprockets are fixed on their respective shafts, the sprockets 131 being connected by chain 133 and the sprockets 132 by chain 13 4. Alternate links of the chains 133 and 134 are have a movement away from theplant being i .L

eight revolutions and then ivergeso-asto .picked in the direction of the, axis :of each 1-.,;

y chains together with the parts carried there* picker belts. The pickers 136 on these belts pickers are in parallel relation Ytofjeacla other are all identical and all mounted and carried so that al plant will always fhav JljoonL-to 55 in the same identical way so that a descripswing from -a picker on onebelt'towafpickenl by which will be described below are, thein said bushing 139 and is provided at its outer end with a cup 141. At its inner end it is provided with a nut 142 and a washer 143 also in Fig. 14 enables the pickers to become operative before they reach theepositionv where the belts run parallel. The;pidker beltsare so arranged relatively to eachother that the i 115 I pickers have their axesvout f -alin'einent while that part' of thefbeltiwhi abend-tho .i

on the other belt, and can inno instance` et jammed 1n the ends. of the pickers. f 2 "f The forward run bf the ickerjbelts has l the rack bars 129 below'thepinions-144 so that the direction of the rotation is reversed 5.135.

in the rear of the guards 99 where it passes d@ been swung around to the forward run when yst their direction of rotation is reversed thereby causing the direction of movement of the cotton to be reversed which is downwardly and forwardly until all cotton is removed from the 4pickers and falls ,on the belt 151, where it is carried forward on the forward Arun of this'conveyer belt and then rear wardly and then upwardly'through 'the well 154 and into the receptacle 156 where it accumulates until' vremoved through the openings left by'the doors 165y when they are open.

The machine is thrown out of operation by shifting 'the lever 38, as described above, and also the lever 39, the lever 39 should always be Vthrown before the lever 38 whenthe machine is/put into its operative condition, that is its conditionfor harvesting, and should always be thrown after the lever 38' and a few minutes thereafter, so as to give the belt 151 ample opportunity to clear l he machine of all cotton, when the machine is ut into its inoperative condition.

l *rom thei'foregoing it is robvious that various embodiments of my invention may be made, all of -which employ its essential ycharacteristics, as pointed out in the annexed claims.

having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A. cotton harvester comprising a@ vehicle, cotton picking belts, bars for raising and lowering the said belts, a rack and pinion device for raising said bars simultaneously and resilient means for pendently supporting said belts. v

2. In a cotton harvester, a vehicle, belt frames, cotton picking belts carried by said ramearesilient means for supportingy said frames, vertical bars connected with the frames and each providedwvith a rack, a horizontal shaft having a plurality of pinions connectedlwith the racks onv the said bars and means for operating said shaft whereby the 'belt frames may be raised a'nd lowered in unison.

3., In a cotton harvester, a vehicle having horizontal, side sills` rods depending from the said .sills provided with springs, belt frames. a rplurality of cotton picking belts carried upon said belt frames, the said belt frames being supported Jfrom the said springs.

4. In a cotton harvester. the combination of a vehicle. and a picking belt adapted to be raised and lowered on the vehicle,n a driving picking belt, and resilient means for supporting the belt independently of the other parts.

5. In a cotton harvester, the combination of a vehicle, and a picking belt supported by the vehicle and adapted to be raised and lowered thereon, a. driving shaft, means for transmitting motion from the shaft to the belt comprising an arm journaled on the driving shaft, and a second arm fulcrumed to the first arm, mechanism on the joint of saidl arms, means for transmittingl motion from the drivingr shaft to the mechanism at the connection of the second arms, means for transmitting motion from the said point of fulcrum to the picking belt, and resilient means for pendently supporting said belt.

6. In a cotton harvester, the combination of a Vehicle, a picking belt carried by the vehicle adapted to 'be raised and lowered thereon, a driving shaft, means for transmitting motion from the shaft to the said belt consisting of, a sprocket on said shaft, an arm journaled upon the driving shaft and having its free endV connected to a second arm by means of a shaft, a plurality of sprocket wheels on said latter shaft, a sprocket wheel on the other end of the said second arm, a chain adapted to transmit motion from the driving shaft to the joint of said arms, and another chain adapted to transmit motion from the joint to the sprocket wheel at the op osite end of vthe 4said second arm, means o transmitting motion therefrom to the picking belt, and resilient meansv e'ndently supporting said belt :from the ve icle.

7. In a machine of the class. described, picker bel-tsjvth pickers thereon and means for carrying the same and means for drivin .thesame, racks adjacent to said belts' an pinionsorfsaid pickers engaging saidracli's;

said carrying and driving means bein so arranged ,that said pickers first move in straig t lines parallel to each other and then in straight lines divergent to each other.

8. In a machine of the class described, pickers and belts carrying the same, means for drivingsaid belts, curved and straight racks near said belts, inions on said pickers adapted to engage lloth the curved and straight portions of said` racks, said carrying and driving means beings arranged that said pickers rst move in straight lines parallel to each other and then in straight lines divergent to each other.

9. In a machine of the class described, pickers, belts carrying said pickers so that said picker belts will be parallel in part and diverge in part in straight lines on their picking runs, curved and straight rack bars 'zol l mounted near said belts so as to be near said adapted to engage said rack bars.

10. In a machine of the' class described, a

vbelts supported by frame and means for earrying the same, an' adjustable frame carried by the other frame and supported thereby, vertieally compressile resilient eounterbalancing means, picker said adjustable frame, means for driving said picker belts, pickers on said picker belts andmeans for driving the same, said picker belts being parallel in partand divergent in part on their operative runs and guards adapted to compress-a cotton plant, said guards being secured to said adjustable frame.

l1. In a inachineof the class described, guards and means, for carrying the same, picker belts and resilient meanstor carrying the same, said 'picker belts being located immediatelyfbehind said guards, pickers eX- tending from said picker belts and means for driving said pickers, said means being so arranged and disposed and said picker belts being so m'bun'ted that the pickers will become operative immediately in the rear of said guards and while pointed forwardly and will eontinue operatingr during the rearwardruns of said belt.

l2. In a machine of the'grlass described, guards and means for vertically adjusting the same, pickers and means for mounting said pickers so that they will always be immediately in the rear of said guards when first entering their operativel position, belts carrying said pickers and meansv for supporting thesame, lmeans for driving the said belts, means for driving said pickers, the parts being so constructed that the pickers become operative on the rearward run of said belts immediately l and continue operating while said belts are parallel to each other and While they diverge from each other on said rearward run.

13. A picker comprising a spindle, a cup atene end thereof, a cyllnder mounted on said cup, slitted Wheels on said cylinder and spacing sleeves separating said wheels.

14. A picker comprising a spindle, a cup at one end thereof, a cylinder mounted on said cup, slitted Wheels and spacing sleeves mounted onsaid cylinder, and a spring passing through said cup and into said cylinder for holding same in place.

Signed this 19th day of December, 1907.

GERGE LISPENARD. lVitnesses:

O. E. EDWARDS, Jr., G. I. ARONOW.

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